Work-box



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' H. S. DIGKSON.

WORK BOX. No, 258,720. Patented May 30, 1882.

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PATENT EEicE.

HUGH S. DIGKSON, OF LA HARPE, ILLINOIS.

I WORK-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 258,720, dated May 30,1882.

Application filed March 2, 1882.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HUGH S. DIOKSON, of LaHarp'e, in the county of Hancock and State of Illinois, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Work-Boxes, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to a ladys work-box; and it consists in certainfeatures of improvement which will first be described in connection withthe drawings, and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similarletters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a perspective view of my new and improved work box as itappears when open. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the same. Fig. 3is a plan view of one of the thread-supporting shelves removed from thehinged part of the box, and Fig. 4 shows the construction of the wirethread-holders.

A represents the main or back part of the work-box, which is adapted tobe secured to the wall of a room by means of the screws a a, passingthrough the back of the box, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, and Brepresents the free-orswinging partof thebox, which is hinged to thepart A by the hinges b b, as shown in Fig. 1. The lower part of the mainor back part of the boxAis extended forward, as shown at (l, and theside pieces, D D, ot'the swinging or hinged part B are cut offat theirlower ends, as shown, so as to close over the extension 0, the face oroutside board,'E, being extended downward, as shown at 61, so as toreach to the bottom of and inclose the extension 0 when the box isclosed, as shown in Fig. 2. The main or back part, A, of the box isprovided upon the inside, nearits upperleft-hand corner, with the hooksc c for holding crochet-hooks or knitting-needles, or both, and near itsupper right-hand corner with the hooks e e for holding scissors andsimilar articles, and upon the righthand side the box is provided withthe hook f for holding small scissors or similar articles. At the upperleft-hand corner, below the hooks c c, the main part A is provided withthe pincushion F for pins and needles. Below the pincushion F is formedthe shelf G for (No model.)

supporting thimble, 85c, and below this shelf are placed the three boxesH H for holding buttons, hooks and eyes, and similar articles, and atthebottom of the main part Aare formed large boxes I I I for holdingbuttons, buckles, 860. The bottoms of the trays H and the front part ofthe boxes I are concaved, as shown clearlyin Fig. 2, so thatanythingplaced therein can be easily taken out by placing the fingers on thearticle and sliding it forward on the bottom of the tray or box to theedge of the box, where it can be conveniently caught between the thumband finger.

The side pieces, D D, of the free or hinged part B of the box are formedwith the grooves or rabbets g g, in which the ends of the shelves J Jfit, which shelves are provided with the series of pinsjj, which are forholding spools of thread, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Near and alittle in front of these pins these shelves are provided with the seriesof threadholders K, made of pieces of wire, curled at the upper end toform the eyes k, which are open to permit the thread to be passed intothe eye by drawing the end of the thread under the coil of the holderagainst the upright part of the wire and raising the hand and carryingthe thread around in the direction of the coil until the thread dropsinto the eye, thus avoiding the necessity ofpassing the thread throughthe eye. By this means, when thread is wanted, it can be drawn off fromthe spool without rcmoving the spool from the pin upon which it isplaced, and by having the sewingmachine near the work-box the bobbins ofthe machine can be filled without removing the spool from the box ortaking the thread off from the sewing-machine.

The lower shelf, J, is made fast in the part B of the work-box to braceand strengthen the box. The other shelves slide loosely in the grooves g9, so they can be easily taken out to place the spools upon the pins orto take them off the pins, and the ends of said shelves areslightlycutawayfrom thebacktowardthefront, as shown at i i in Fig. 3, sothat the shelves will not bind while putting them in place or takingthem out.

The work-box thus constructed is very convenient for holding all thearticles mentioned,

2. The hinged part B, provided with the removable shelves J, havingthepinsjand threadholders K, substantially as and for the pur- 15 posesdescribed.

3. The main or back part, A, of the box, provided with theliooks e candficushion F, shelf G, and the concaved trays H and I, substanl tiallyas described.

HUGH S. DICKSON.

and when closed up occupies but very small space against the wall, andkeeps all the articles placed therein free from dust.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. In a work-box having the lower part of thefixed portion extended forward at O, the lower part of the swingingportion, with its side pieces, D, cutaway angularly at its lower end,and the outside piece, E, extended down at d, as shown and described.

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HENRY SPIGER, S. H. BROOKWAY.

